Sujatha.raoIF-Rockerz

what a grand finale Sujatha!!! divorce, marriage and birth!!! but i am happy with one thing...they got married BEFORE the child was born...am not saying the conventions of the society are above everything and anything but i am glad the child has the security of the name along with love...sometimes, it does matter a lot...

waiting for epilogue...

Thank you Suja

Who better than Ashutosh to understand the importance of social sanction? I guess it made their happiness more complete!

Nidhi recalled the time they had celebrated his birthday
together for the first time.

How she had woke him up at midnight with the very same
words. How she had made him cut his birthday cake before they had proceeded to
smear it all over each other and then cleaned it all up in deliciously
innovative ways! Nidhi blushed at the memory.

"Mumma...come!"

Her son's impatient voice broke her reverie and she let him
pull her along.

The room had been beautifully decorated with balloons and
festoons and fresh flowers even.

A chocolate cake occupied pride of place on the dining
table.

Beside it stood her smiling husband!

He extended the knife to her with one hand while his other
hand held their little princess, Aakriti!

"Happy birthday, darling!"

Little Aakriti leaned over and gave Nidhi a smacking kiss on
her cheek.

"Happy birthday, darling!", she mimicked her father.

"I can't let my daughter do better than me, can I?"

Before Nidhi could react, Ashutsoh had leaned over and
planted a kiss on the lips.

Akash clapped his hands at that.

"Papa kissed Mumma!"

Aakriti joined the chorus!

Ashutosh gave them both a mock injured look.

"So what? Both of you are kissing Mumma all the time. Do I
ever make fun of you?"

Nidhi giggled at that.

"Very funny!"

"Come on now...cut the cake..so we can distract these little
monsters with the cake and engage in more delicious pursuits!"

"You talk like this after two kids!"

"Didn't you say we would be doing it at ninety?"

"Doing what?", Aakash piped up.

"You need to wait another twenty years to know that, my son!"

"They start pretty young these days!"

Ashutosh gave her a horrified look.

"No hanky panky for my kids till they are thirty!"

Nidhi laughed outright.

"Mumma, may I hold your hand when you cut the cake? Just
like you hold mine and Aakruti's ?"

"Sure baby, come on up!"

She lifted him on to the chair.

With both her children holding her hand, Nidhi cut the cake
and fed them both the first slice.

Then, while the children happily dug into the slices of cake
on their plate, she fed Ashutosh a slice. He took a bite before smashing it
back on her face.

Rather liking the spirit of the game, the children joined
in. Soon, they were all covered in chocolate cream and laughing like crazy.

"No clean up like that first time though?"

Ashutosh sighed in disappointment as he glanced at the kids!

"Let's get them cleaned up and put them to bed! I've put
some cake aside for our private celebration!"

Their eyes promised each other secret delights even as they
started tending to the kids.

Ashutosh and the kids were coming to pick her up soon. They
were going out for a pizza followed by a cartoon movie.

There was still a patient to attend to though.

She asked the nurse to send them in.

"Hello Nidhi...how are you?"

Nidhi looked up in surprise.

Mallika stood there with a little girl of about three in her
arms.

"Dr Mallika,...please come...have a seat..am good...how are you?"

Mallika nodded her head and gave a small smile.

"This is my daughter Ananya. She has come here to be treated
by the best paediatrician in town!"

"Hi Ananya...how are you?"

Nidhi gave her a friendly smile before turning to Mallika.

"What is wrong with her?"

"A bad cough and cold! We just moved back to Lucknow. Could
be a change in weather and water!"

Nidhi examined the child.

"Yeah...there is some congestion in the chest. I will write
out a prescription for her. She should be fine in less than a week!"

Nidhi started writing on her prescription pad.

"How is Ashutosh, Nidh?"

She looked up.

"He's fine. We have two kids. A son and a daughter!"

Mallika smiled at that.

"The perfect family!"

"I don't know about perfect. But yes, we are a happy family!"

"Am happy for you..really!"

Nidhi hesitated a moment before she went ahead and asked.

"We knew you'd moved to Delhi. Is that where Ananya was
born..is her father also a doctor?"

"I don't know!"

Nidhi was startled by that response.

"I am sorry. I don't understand!"

"Ananya is adopted. She was abandoned as an infant at an
orphanage in Delhi that I support. I first saw her when I went there to
distribute sweets and clothes to the children on my mother's anniversary. You
know, Nidhi, I felt like my mother had come back to me. She told me she wanted
to!"

Nidhi nodded her head in understanding.

"I adopted her soon after and now, she is my life!"

"Am so happy to hear that, Dr Mallika. Ananya is very lucky
to have you as a mother!"

Mallika shrugged her shoulders at that!

Just as they were about to take leave, the door flew open
and the kids ran in.

"Sorry Nidhi...but they just would not stop!"

Ashutosh came to a halt when he saw Mallika.

"Hello Ashutosh..how are you?"

"I am good, Mallika! And you?"

Mallika nodded her head.

"This is my daughter Ananya!"

Ashutosh caressed the child's head.

"She is very sweet...looks just like you!"

Mallika smiled at that.

"She does...does she not?"

She drew out candy bars from her bag.

"May I?"

Nidhi nodded her consent before she handed them over to
Aakash and a shy Aakriti , who was trying to hide behind her brother.

"I came here only to see Nidhi. But am glad that I got to
see all of you together!"

She nodded her head and smiled before she walked out of the room.

Ashutosh's eyes questioned Nidhi and hers promised answers
at a later time.

"Shall we leave?"

With her husband's arm around her, and their children
skipping ahead of them, Nidhi walked out into the sunshine!

Sagi.IF-Dazzler

OMG...to good...very well written. Read the last 2 chapters in one go...Sujatha, can you put an index on the front page? it makes reading easy for people like me who havent logged in for quite some time...

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